THE NEW YORKER play and it offers further evidence of Mr. Hindemith's admirable craftsman- ship. However, the concerto is uneven in its appeal. The first movement IS rather forbidding, the second somewhat less mordant, and the third has some- thing engagingly chipper about it, with a brightly rousing finale. Mr. Gross, a versatile musician who finds time to be an assistant professor at Colorado Col- lege and also to go on concert tours, played the concerto brilliantly and won a huge ovation from the attendance. The orchestra, directed by Leopold Sto- kowski, performed expertly. It per- formed the rest of its program expertly, too. In fact, Mr. Stokowski has devel- oped his group into a smoothly efficient unit of which everyone concerned in the City Center's activities should feel proud. " M IGNON" had its first showing of the season at the :\1etropolitan last week, and it went its pleasant, tune- ful way under Wilfred Pelletier's know- ing direction. Mimi Benzell, who had had a good deal of favorable attention as the Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute," took on the difficult and some- what unrewarding rôle of Philine with assurance and tQ general approval. She avoided the temptation to play the part with too much of the arch or too much of the starch. Her colleagues were mostly familiars in "Mignon," and they attended to their assignments with com- petence or better. It isn't likely that anybody takes the "Mignon" libretto very seriously, but it might be noted that this opera con- tains the most blasé assortment of party guests to be encountered in any musical en terprise. \Vhen the conservatory catches fire at the end of the second act, the friends of the host merely clear their throats and sing. Moreover, they sing well. -ROBERT A. SIMON ki . I Miss Carfora charged that Rulli prom- { ised marriage, and gave her a ring to wear, but later refused to marry her. She said that when he knocked out her tooth she realized that he had no intention of mak- ing her his wife.-New Haven Register. Still, it might have been just a warm- up. . OUR FORGETFUL AUTHORS : + Darrow looked striking because of his :h bronzed face, black beard, and bald head. -From uFiddler in the Sky/ by Kathleen' H oagland þ. 86. He [Darrow] raised his eyes and (stroked his blond beard.-Same book þ. 88. 41 << L ....,;. t .Ic _ m .. .. '\ , t, ....:.:::...-::.-.: J;"@.."?: - . '(.- ..' ." ..-...... " , . . .............--.............- ' +, < ''\ \ ; :: \:,.", -, - - - . ---.. tA%,,:.: if{" AV_WAAT ARE_ YOU TR.\"NG TO DO ÇRANKLIN. 5Ú8MERGE ? DRAWN BY THE FAMOUS ENGLISH CARTOONIST. L B. MART1N. FOR THE MAKERS OF ALLEN.S TOFFEE .A II ' s -r: fi Famous in England since 1860 · A favorite in America en I 0 IT ee A DELICIOUS CONFECTION - SEVEN ASSORTED FLAVORS c. S. ALLEN CORPORATION. WEBSTER, MASS. · NEW YORK CITY BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS M ""'lllY" .....,,"' " :: -..: ..' 0" ::: .....:..).::.. . "F':ß:lt 11Ð m \ ß R"B '"IFllfIIII Q:: ",.,. "".......'.'.."...'-.'.-."\ ,,' ............,."'..,W............",,, flí: : :,,:;:::::::;:};::' I ,m b1& ::::::! !!:..::$. :ê+::", '12 · :i <1>.' $ tt'\i'= o . ':' <!> """ ,:: .......SJ { , : . {:! ". j}j .i. "?::::.. : :..:.::.:: ::::-:::::::::::::::$::t-::::::::=::._:-::: : ::::: ::: ::.. .l }f: !: ..- t : I ' · l ?h : h .;>:'tw ; ....:: ":-. t.i ...:-:-:-:-: ;:".. ., z :::iR!tlì.. ::;"_;,::i [iiî.r (If.fiJ;.,.:': : ::::;1 :I: $ i I g: ill m ", ..-::: t r> , : : !t!ltlØ,:!II ij!j!:lhH!B i I II:II ::I"l.j ... .. ....... ..... Xi :: .;:;)iî'k " . " : :1 fl!llft lfitfif4f! f.1i II:: KI illll.i:í .; L"sfuÚ .-:-:-:. ... ... 0;:-:.... :.:-; :-:. ':' w_: ,:i'<::.,: IM! .--. ..-. .... -.- .... __A ... --.. ... --- \i :; ,ì: /: ;:::ffi :;;: !;ð:tã : : í . t:::: { .'. .;:: ..;.. ::s : :: r ;